Sourdough Banana Bread

5 from 3 votes

This sourdough banana bread is sweet, fluffy, so easy to make and is the perfect recipe for beginner sourdough bakers.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Banana Bread

Cuisine: American, Vegan

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 304kcal

Preheat your oven to 350 °F and grease a standard size loaf pan (9x5 inches). Set it aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the mashed banana, brown sugar, fed sourdough starter, oil and vanilla until fairly smooth.
Add in the remaining ingredients, making sure there are no lumps in the baking powder or soda. If you want, you can whisk the dry ingredients together separately before adding them to the wet ingredients. Stir until just combined.
Pour the batter into your greased loaf pan and spread it out until its even.
Bake the banana bread for 50-60 minutes or until golden on top and knife inserted into the center comes out clean.

Make sure your starter is fed. This means that, whether it's at room temperature or chilled, it has been given water and flour and became or still is active and bubbly. I often use chilled sourdough starter that I fed, allowed to sit at room temperature until bubbly and active and then put in the fridge until I was ready to bake with it.
If you're using fed sourdough starter from the fridge, set it out at room temperature for a little while to let it warm up. This will make it easier to mix with the other wet ingredients.
I usually use only ½ cup of sugar (usually coconut sugar) and it's plenty sweet!